"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:54:46 -0000, "IMM" wrote:
"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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If fuel rises, which it will as
cheap energy is coming to an end,
then this is meaningless and 450-500mm
is the optimum.
That's a separate issue. Can you suggest
a rate at which fuel prices would need to
rise to justify that?
Hold a finger to the air. Fuel prices will rise.
They always do. Also
enviro taxes will start to bite.
This is arm waving.
But arm waving with realism. All I read is that energy will become more
scarce and more expensive. As it becomes more exp[expensive so will
insulation too. best pack it in now while it is cheap enough. You will
not
regret it in the future.
This is all qualitative stuff.
Yes we know all of that, but the figures are
not solid. Do you have energy price
projections for 5 and 10 years
time? You can make some guesses and
take a punt, but that is all it is.
See above.
In this instance, the cost of totally filling the roof with insulation
if you want is not significant so it doesn't matter.
My point was that focussing on this alone is misleading.
Who said focus on this alone?I never. I said pack in as much as you can
while it is cheap as it will not be, neither will energy, in the future.
probably sooner than later too.
At some point it may well be interesting to do this, but at a saving
of a tenner a year, when several hundred quids worth of heat is going
out through the walls means that the focus should be on that now and
situations where there is no roof insulation at all.
You missed it again. It is not a mater of either or. It is cheap to pack
the loft full of insulation and super easy to do so. So do it. The walls
leaking heat is another matter, and of course should be tackled eventually.
To do the walls is not easy and expensive. because the walls leak heat more
than the loft does not mean you ignore the loft, or insulate it to the level
of then walls. You have strange logic.
You haven't made a convincing case at all.
Very convincing. Based on pure logic.
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